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Marcus “the Microwave” Keene is Turning Heads in NBA Summer Ball

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There are two things that sports writers love to do. One is make lists. The second is to compare athletes to players of years gone by. Marcus Keene reminds me of former Detroit Piston Vinnie “The Microwave” Johnson. For those of you that don’t remember him, he was a key component of the Pistons championship teams of 1989 and 1990. He would come in off the bench and score points in bunches, seemingly whenever the Pistons needed him to. Considering that he was a bench player for them, and only averaged 12 points a game on his career, it’s very telling that the Pistons retired his number.